This quilt is the first i made without help. That was before i found all those amazing quilting sites on internet... before i discovered quilting blogs, online fabric stores, before i knowing that had fabric designers (yep, i didn't know!), before i knew there was something called "free motion quilting"...

for that i bought my first sewing machine (a singer 2250 and months later i bought a brother CS6000i and now i want an other..!), my rotary cutters, my cutting mat, my rulers and i started to visit the fabrics shops in my town.

The pattern is from this book (yep, also that was when i started to buy quilting books)and i bought the fabrics in a local shop called "El Puerto de Veracruz", some of them are from moda fabrics and other are old desings from Robert Kauffman, and of course i don't knew these were fabric brands! ... in those days I found to everything or almost everything has been published about quilting was wrote in english and mine is tooo baaad (ups)!!!... so since then and also sef-taught, i've learning a little more of this language...

I love this quilt! The colors are so bright and vibrant, it is wonderful. I love the story that it is your first quilt before you knew about all the designer fabrics, stores, blogs, etc. It's really lovely.

Just wanted to let you know I've posted your quilt on my blog, The Handmade Experiment in a favorites list from the Park City Girl Quilt Festival. http://emilyflippinmaruna.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/park-city-girl-fall-quilt-festival-pt-3/ Thanks and great quilt!